@maireadenright and others tweet about a new report from the Justice for Magdalenes advocacy group.
41.3% of those who entered the laundry before 1922 and remained thereafter, died behind laundry walls and never saw the outside world again.
- Justice for Magdalenes advocacy group: report.
Heart-breaking, sickening, and terrifying read. The press release for the report is here (pdf). The report itself is here (pdf).
Picture:
There are 51 names inscribed on this Magdalene grave. NONE of them are buried here. http://t.co/2R1U0fxNML pic.twitter.com/3YjVGtJW6n>
— Claire McGettrick (@cmcgettrick) February 19, 2015
And some more tweets:
To coincide with the anniversary of the apology, @maglaundries have published a critique of the McAleese Report http://t.co/piBfRzd3Gp— Womenscouncilireland (@NWCI) February 19, 2015
To-date, JFMR has recorded the details of 1,663 women who died in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, almost twice the figure cited in McAleese.
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
“As far as church and State are concerned, the Magdalene women matter as little in death as they did in life.”
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
“The religious orders’ version of events is allowed to go unchallenged, while survivor testimony is completely ignored.”
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
“JFMR is aware of a number of cases where women and girls became pregnant while they were confined in Magdalene Laundries”
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
“As IDC chose to return records to the religious orders & destroy all copies, it is not possible to verify figures” (on duration of stay)
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
“At no point in the IDC Report is there any level of scrutiny or criticism of the life-long institutionalisation of” 100+ women
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
Report details nuns’ failure to make compassionate funeral arrangements for women still living with the Magdalene orders..
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
IDC report offers no critique of the fact that the Sisters at High Park failed to register all deaths
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
Report notes the refusal of a public funeral when Magdalene women’s bodies exhumed from High Park were reburied, despite relatives’ campaign
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
JFMR report also documents ongoing problems with unmarked graves/names missing from or inaccurately recorded on memorials.
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
“The only way to view the grave was by climbing on top of a ten-foot wall (which is covered in razor wire) as all gates were locked.”
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
“41.3% of those who entered the laundry before 1922 and remained thereafter, died behind laundry walls & never saw the outside world again”
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
IDC report suggests that only 8.8% of those admitted to Magdalene Laundries died there. JFMR dismantle this figure. Much higher.
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
“For our organisation and for survivors, those who died deserve justice every bit as much as those who are living.”
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
JFMR’s first important critique of the McAleese report is here and well worth a read http://t.co/rlJYLgUDUa
— Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) February 19, 2015
Mairead Enright (@maireadenright) is a lecturer @KentLawSchool, Irish, writing about law and religion, feminism, citizenship. PI on @pubprivlaw. Member @lawyers4choice, @irishfjp, @humanrightsblog
(Orig. posted on feimineach.com)
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